| THECRITIC | A play by Richard Brinsley Sheridan |
| THERIVALS | A play by Richard Brinsley Sheridan first performed in 1775 (3,6) |
| LADYSNEERWELL | Leader of the titular School for Scandal in a 1777 play by Richard Brinsley Sheridan (4,9) |
| FORSCANDAL | Comedy by Richard Brinsley Sheridan first performed in London in 1777 (3,6,3,7) |
| SCANDAL | 1777 comedy of manners by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The School For _ (7) |
| RIVALS | The ---, comedy of manners by Richard Brinsley Sheridan featuring the character Mrs Malaprop (6) |
| THESCHOOL | And 22 Down Comedy by Richard Brinsley Sheridan first performed in London in 1777 (3,6,3,7) |
| SCHOOL | The _ For Scandal, Richard Brinsley Sheridan play first performed in 1777 (6) |
| SINCERE | "Those who vow the most are the least ___": Richard Brinsley Sheridan (7) |
| ANTHONYABSOLUTE | A wealthy baronet in Richard Brinsley Sheridan's play The Rivals |
| MALAPROP | Character in Richard Brinsley Sheridan's play The Rivals (8) |
| SHERIDAN | Author of the 1775 play The Rivals, Richard Brinsley _ (8) |
| PITCAIRN | 2014 stage play by Richard Bean about the mutineers of the Bounty led by Fletcher Christian (8) |
| THEANTIPODES | 1638 stage play by Richard Brome (3,9) |
| EASTERN | ___ Standard, play by Richard Greenberg (7) |
| ASWAD | Reggae group that was fronted by Brinsley Forde (5) |
| UA | British label, home to Brinsley Schwarz, Groundhogs, Man (2) |
| ULYSSES | A poem by Tennyson, a play by Phillips or a novel by Joyce? (7) |
| DONJUAN | Fictional libertine who is the subject of a play by Moliere, an opera by Mozart and a poem by Byron (3,4) |
| GREY | Lady Jane -; depicted in a play by Nicholas Rowe and a painting by Paul Delaroche, a queen for nine days before she was beheaded and replaced with Mary Tudor (4) |
